It's not right that black boys growing up in London are more likely to be dead by the time they're 18, far more likely than white boys. That's, I think, shameful for the city. The challenge for us is, as we reach in to tackle those issues, that confrontation that comes from that reaching in, whether it's stop and search on the streets or the sort of operations you seek.
The danger is that's landing in an environment with less trust. And that makes it even harder. But the people who win out of that, [are] all of the criminals.?
He added: Im so determined to find a way to get past this because if policing in black communities can find a way to confront these issues, together we can give black boys growing up in London equal life chances to white boys, which is not what we?re seeing at the moment.?
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I don't see why young black men can't just exercise a bit more self restraint & not go around stabbing & shooting each other at disproportionate rates really. I'm not sure why the problem is 'shameful' in any way for the rapidly reducing White population of the city.